What a ride Sunday was for me. I woke up in a good head space. I was thinking about the frustration of Kyle Tucker and Pete Crow-Armstrong out of the lineup. It is sometimes so frustrating being a Cub fan. This has been a recurring thing the last several years with a player being held out for days but not going on the IL. This organization has gotten deep enough that I think we have some eagerness to see them get a chance while someone gets fully healthy.
That’s certainly the case right now with Owen Caissie, Kevin Alcántara and Moises Ballesteros bouncing back and forth between Iowa and Chicago. It’s not that anyone doesn’t love PCA or Tucker. But we’re happy to see the young guys get a shot while the big guys get right. But I woke up today thinking that I wrote at length a few weeks ago that this month of September was totally about getting right. I too would like to see the kids play while they are doing that. But in the end, what I don’t want is banged up guys trying to push through right now. I mean two or three weeks from now we’re going to have that “you’re either in or out” moment.